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EspañolEYE (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)
'Eye' was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the first past the post system of election. The Reform Act 1832 reduced its representation to one MP. Eye was a constituency until 1983 when most of it became part of the new Central Suffolk constituency. Its main claim to fame was that it was the smallest town to have a parliamentary constituency named after it as the town of Eye had only approximately 1500 voters in 1981. It was a safe Conservative seat.
| Contents |
| Boundaries |
| The Borough |
| Members of Parliament |
| Eye borough |
| Before 1660 |
| 1660-1832 |
| 1832-1885 |
| Eye division of Suffolk |
| 1885-1983 |
| See also |
Boundaries
The Borough
Eye was once the smallest borough in the country, its claim based on the 1205 Charter of King John. The Charter was renewed in 1408, then many more times by successive monarchs. However, in 1885, the Town Clerk of Hythe proved that the original Charter belonged only to Hythe in Kent, the error having arisen from the similarity of the early English names. The error was confirmed by archivists in the 1950s, but borough status was not discontinued until 1974 after government reorganization when Eye became a parish but retained a Town Council, a Mayor and the insignia. From 1571 to 1832, Eye boasted two Members of Parliament. Following the Reform Act 1832, Eye had one MP until 1983, after which the Eye constituency became the Central Suffolk constituency.
Members of Parliament
Eye borough
Before 1660
★ 1588-1589: Edmund Bacon
★ 1640-1642: Sir Frederick Cornwallis
1660-1832
1832-1885
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Sir Edward Kerrison | Conservative | |
| 1852 | Edward Clarence Kerrison [3] | Conservative | |
| 1866 | Hon. George Barrington [4] | Conservative | |
| 1880 | Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett | Conservative | |
| 1885 | ''Borough abolished - name transferred to county division'' | ||
Eye division of Suffolk
1885-1983
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Francis Seymour Stevenson | Liberal | |
| 1906 | Weetman Pearson | Liberal | |
| 1918 | Alexander Lyle-Samuel | Liberal | |
| 1923 | The Lord Huntingfield | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Edgar Granville | Liberal | |
| 1931 | National Liberal | ||
| 1942 | Independent | ||
| 1945 | Liberal | ||
| 1951 | Sir James Harwood Harrison | Conservative | |
| 1979 | John Selwyn Gummer | Conservative | |
| 1983 | ''Constituency abolished'' | ||
'Notes'
1. Later adopted the surname Phillipson
2. Rear Admiral from 1793, Vice Admiral 1794, Admiral 1799
3. Succeeded as baronet, March 1853
4. Succeeded as The Viscount Barrington (in the Peerage of Ireland), February 1867
See also
★ List of Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk
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